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Sales tracker, Media Create, have released a list for the top-30 best-selling games in Japan for 2012, and 4Gamer have published it for public viewing. Take a look at the list below, followed total hardware sales to date.

 

TOP-30 software sales from January 2nd (2012) – December 30th (2012)

 

Rank Title 2012 sales
Tot. sales
Sys. Publisher
01. Pokémon Black/White 2 2,919,977
2,919,977
DS Pokémon Co.
02. Animal Crossing: New Leaf 1,969,955
1,969,955
3DS Nintendo
03. New Super Mario Bros. 2 1,743,791
1,743,791
3DS Nintendo
04. Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland 3D 919,870
919,870
3DS Square Enix
05. Resident Evil 6 833,012
833,012
PS3 Capcom
06. One Piece: Pirate Warriors 828,150
828,150
PS3 Namco Bandai
07. Mario Kart 7 748,797
1,908,966
3DS Nintendo
08. Super Mario 3D Land 689,374
1,769,566
3DS Nintendo
09. Mario Party 9 641,348
641,348
Wii Nintendo
10. Dragon Quest X 609,783
609,783
Wii Square Enix
11. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate 602,058
1,587,556
3DS Capcom
12. Yakuza 5 518,224
518,224
PS3 Sega
13. Dragon’s Dogma 467,375
467,375
PS3 Capcom
14. Fire Emblem: Awakening 455,268
455,268
3DS Nintendo
15. Tales of Xillia 2 428,913
428,913
PS3 Namco Bandai
16. Paper Mario: Sticker Star 402,133
402,133
3DS Nintendo
17. Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 399,340
399,340
PS3 Konami
18. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates of Infinity 373,699
373,699
3DS Pokémon Co.
19. New Super Mario Bros. U 369,392
369,392
WiiU Nintendo
20. Wii Sports Resort (w/ MotionPlus pack-in) 358,627
1,161,600
Wii Nintendo
21. The 2nd Super Robot Taisen Z 344,018
344,018
PSP Namco Bandai
22. Pokémon Conquest 341,250
341,250
DS Pokémon Co.
23. Taiko Drum Master: The Little Dragon and the Mysterious Orb 340,533
340,533
3DS Namco Bandai
24. Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City 338,889
338,889
PS3 Capcom
25. Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance 338,812
338,812
3DS Square Enix
26. Run for Money Tousouchuu 337,472
337,472
3DS Namco Bandai
27. Taiko Drum Master: Super Splendid Edition 321,959
321,959
Wii Namco Bandai
28. Kid Icarus: Uprising 316,133
316,133
3DS Nintendo
29. Inazuma Eleven Go 2: Chrono Stone – Neppuu/Raimei 314,016
314,016
3DS Level 5
30. Resident Evil: Revelations 296,040
296,040
3DS Capcom

 

TOTAL Hardware sales to date (lifetime):

PlayStation 2 – 21,833,215

(note: total Nintendo DS sales not provided)

Wii – 12,638,836

PSP – 19,453,023

Nintendo 3DS – 7,689,512

Nintendo 3DS XL – 2,090,372

PlayStation 3 – 8,860,082

PlayStation Vita – 1,130,820

Xbox 360 – 1,613,832

 

Sales data from 4Gamer and Media-Create.

 


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